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Hate October as a name for anything but a month. The only good from using it would be the nn Toby, which I prefer as a nn for Tobias.

I'm fond of this idea for a name because it gives me lovely nostalgia for the early 2000s. There was a really silly horror movie that had a character with this name (lots of great Y2K hipster style names in it, actually - Loomis, Hutch, Phineas, Miller). Good memories. Also October is one of my favourite months! And I like the idea of Tobie as a nickname a lot.

I have a soft spot for month names, and I like October. It's also my own birth month, and my second son was born in October. Toby would be a lovely nickname.

I think October is a really cool name, and I love the nickname Toby for it!

We had a Toby cat, and our niece has a Toby boyfriend. So, yes to Toby. I don't enjoy any month names, except May which I make an exception of because of the flowering shrub and a couple of remote people on my family tree. Where I live, October is late spring, more like May than April in the northern hemisphere. So my associations are very different from most people's here.

Toby is a cute nickname for it!

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I prefer the Soviet Oktyabrina.

I like October for both genders and the NN Toby although I think both names are more masculine than feminine. I like the image of Autumn leaves and happy children trick-or-treating. Dark nights with the moon out. Spooky.

I don't like most month or week names including October
I'd prefer Tobias ior tobiah nn Toby

I think this is a super cool name! I have a friend called this so I may be biased, but I think it’s really awesome. While it may be a lot to name a child, it could be a cool middle name or self-name for someone who likes it.
The nickname Toby / Tobey definitely dulls/makes it more ordinary, but I don’t think that’s necessary a bad thing- it could be good to have a more simple nickname at times, and I think Toby is cute.